diff --git a/docs/tutorial.rst b/docs/tutorial.rst
index fc92ce0c..cc5b647d 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial.rst
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ object::
         ross.last_name = 'Lawley'
         ross.save()
 
-Now that we've got our user in the database, let's add a couple of posts::
+Assign another user to a variable called ``john``, just like we did above with
+``ross``.
+
+Now that we've got our users in the database, let's add a couple of posts::
 
     post1 = TextPost(title='Fun with MongoEngine', author=john)
     post1.content = 'Took a look at MongoEngine today, looks pretty cool.'